Experience Talks 10/5: Hank Rogerson

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Tune in to Experience Talks, our “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener.” Saturdays 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online and now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations! You can also enjoy hearing all of our previous shows on the Listen Page of our Experience Talks website.

Saturday, 10/5: Host Tim Carpenter with producer Hank Rogerson

Still Dreaming - bannerStill DreamingHANK ROGERSON is a producer, director, writer, actor and teacher who is currently finishing his latest feature, STILL DREAMING, with partner Jilann Spitzmiller. Hank directed SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS, which picked up 11 awards on the festival circuit, was broadcast world-wide and had a theatrical run of over 25 U.S. cities. Hank also co-produced, directed and edited HOMELAND, an award-winning documentary about four families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He currently teaches filmmaking at Santa Fe University of Art and Design, and has also taught film production at USC. Tim Carpenter talks to Hank Rogerson about STILL DREAMING, which tells the story of performers at the Actors Fund home in New York and how they rekindle their dreams. Hank and Jilann are starting a crowd funding campaign to finish and distribute their film today, so be sure to go online and support this amazing project to inspire creativity as we age. Visit http://www.theshakespearemovie.com/.

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This interview was recorded live at the NoHoSAC/Road Theatre at a test screening of STILL DREAMING.

 

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“Good Ol’ Freda” Was Secretary to The Beatles

“Behind a great band, there was a great woman,” says the tag line on the promotion for this documentary film.

“Freda Kelly was just a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big. Though she had no concept of how far they would go, Freda had faith in The Beatles from the beginning, and The Beatles had faith in her.”

Learn more about the film here. [E-mail subscribers: click the title of this post to see the film trailer.]

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Stephen Hawking Documentary Released in UK

FILM“Hawking is the first official autobiographical account of one of the world’s greatest living scientists, Stephen Hawking. Hawking’s story, from his early days as a student through his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, to his status as a bestselling author, is narrated by the man himself. Hawking is released in the UK on 20 September.” Read more about the film here. Read more about Stephen Hawking here on his website. [E-mail subscribers: click the title of this post to see the trailer.]

 

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Tim Carpenter to Speak at Leading Age Annual Meeting & Expo

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EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter will speak at the Leading Age Annual Meeting and Expo, October 27 – 30 in Dallas, TX. Learn more about the conference here.

“LeadingAge is an association of 6,000 not-for-profit organizations dedicated to making America a better place to grow old. We advance policies, conduct research, and promote practices that support, enable and empower people to live fully as they age. Our promise: Inspire. Serve. Advocate.” Learn more about Leading Age here.

 

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Jack Klugman and Larry Hagman

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The Emmy Awards neglected to do individual tributes to two stars who are probably familiar to most of our EngAGE Blog readers, so we’ll provide acknowledgement of their important careers and impressive talents here. They will be missed.

 

Jack Klugman was best known for his portrayals of slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on “The Odd Couple” and crusading forensic pathologist of “Quincy, M.E.”  He also had over a hundred television credits as a guest star. Prior to his TV success, he was a noted film and theater actor, appearing in such films as “Days of Wine and Roses” and “12 Angry Men,” and on stage in “Gypsy” and “The Sunshine Boys,” and many other productions. His television work garnered three Emmy awards and seven nominations, and one Golden Globe award and one nomination. Read his New York Times obituary for more information and see a slide show on IMDB.

Larry Hagman made television history in his pop icon role as the charming villain J.R. Ewing on the long-running show, “Dallas.” The episode of “Dallas” which answered the question “Who shot J. R.?” set viewing records, with an estimated world-wide audience of 350 million people. It was the second-highest-rated television program ever (after the final episode of ‘M*A*S*H’) reaching 53.3 percent and an average audience of 41,470,000 households. Hagman began his career as a stage and TV actor in New York, but found his breakthrough role as astronaut Tony Nelson who discovers beautiful genie Barbara Eden in a bottle on “I Dream of Jeannie.” His later role on “Dallas” lasted fourteen seasons (plus TV movies and a return to a new “Dallas” series) and garnered two Emmy and four Golden Globe nominations as Lead Actor.  Read his New York Times obituary for more information and see a photo gallery on IMDB.

 

 

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Worth Repeating: “EngAGEing Your Inner Artist” Article in Life After 50

WORTH-REPEATING“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 9/30/12:

Click here to read David Silva’s article in the current issue of Life After 50, both in print and online. He reports about the benefits of the many creative programs offered by EngAGE at Burbank Senior Artists Colony and other EngAGE communities:

Participants discover the hidden artists within themselves through a broad array of fine arts classes, including drawing, painting, sculpting, mask-making and collage. They write, stage, direct and perform in plays, learn to dance and perform and sing in front of audiences, write movie scripts and produce short films.

EngAGE programs are based on a three-pronged approach to what Maureen Kellen-Taylor, the organization’s chief operating officer, describes as “successful aging.”

“We have a rubric that we use as a programming guide,” she says. “It’s based on successful aging. Some of the factors of successful aging are to be creative, to have a network of social relationships, to learn new things and to be physically active. Each of these is a subset of our three focuses. We focus on creativity, lifelong learning and community building.

That sums it up nicely!

 

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2013 EngAGE Senior Olympics Photos

September 21st at beautiful Cerritos Park East: Crowds of eager EngAGE community seniors arrived by bus, all prepared to compete in a wide range of categories that allowed them to showcase their skills in events that ranged from walking to creating art. EngAGE team members and a host of volunteers made sure that the day went smoothly. The morning kicked off with a march of the competitors. Later, a tasty lunch was provided and, at the end of the event, medals were awarded to the excited winners. The overall community winner this year: Villa Anaheim!

Congratulations to everyone who participated and special thanks to all of our volunteers, including Vicki Clark, Senior Olympics Event Chair; Doug Wiskow, Senior Olympics Volunteer Coordinator; and Brossy Reina, Senior Olympics Event Coordinator. Click on any of the photos below to enlarge them and go to our Flickr Page to see hundreds more — including the complete march of the competitors, more events, and more medal winners — thanks to our EngAGE Community resident and Senior Olympics official photographer, Tyrone Polk.

 

 

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